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Wichita

  • 19551955
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.9K
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Lloyd Bridges, Edgar Buchanan, Joel McCrea, and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)
  • Western
In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.9K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jacques Tourneur
  • Writer
    • Daniel B. Ullman(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joel McCrea
    • Vera Miles
    • Lloyd Bridges
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jacques Tourneur
  • Writer
    • Daniel B. Ullman(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joel McCrea
    • Vera Miles
    • Lloyd Bridges
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    • 26User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Wichita (1955)
    Wichita (1955)
    Edgar Buchanan, Walter Coy, Wallace Ford, Keith Larsen, Joel McCrea, and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)
    Walter Coy in Wichita (1955)
    Wichita (1955)
    Joel McCrea and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)
    Joel McCrea in Wichita (1955)
    Joel McCrea in Wichita (1955)
    Mary Alan Hokanson and Joel McCrea in Wichita (1955)
    Gertrude Astor, Kathy Marlowe, Coleen Vico, and Adele Taylor in Wichita (1955)
    Joel McCrea and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)
    Joel McCrea and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)

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    Joel McCrea
    Joel McCrea
    • Wyatt Earpas Wyatt Earp
    Vera Miles
    Vera Miles
    • Laurie McCoyas Laurie McCoy
    Lloyd Bridges
    Lloyd Bridges
    • Gyp Clementsas Gyp Clements
    Wallace Ford
    Wallace Ford
    • Arthur Whitesideas Arthur Whiteside
    Edgar Buchanan
    Edgar Buchanan
    • Doc Blackas Doc Black
    Peter Graves
    Peter Graves
    • Morgan Earpas Morgan Earp
    Keith Larsen
    Keith Larsen
    • Bat Mastersonas Bat Masterson
    Carl Benton Reid
    Carl Benton Reid
    • Mayor Andrew Hopeas Mayor Andrew Hope
    John Smith
    John Smith
    • Jim Earpas Jim Earp
    Walter Coy
    Walter Coy
    • Sam McCoyas Sam McCoy
    Robert J. Wilke
    Robert J. Wilke
    • Ben Thompsonas Ben Thompson
    • (as Robert Wilke)
    Jack Elam
    Jack Elam
    • Alas Al
    Mae Clarke
    Mae Clarke
    • Mrs. McCoyas Mrs. McCoy
    Walter Sande
    Walter Sande
    • Clint Wallaceas Clint Wallace
    Robert Anderson
    Robert Anderson
    • Bank Robberas Bank Robber
    • (uncredited)
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Saloon Madamas Saloon Madam
    • (uncredited)
    Rayford Barnes
    Rayford Barnes
    • Hal Clementsas Hal Clements
    • (uncredited)
    John Bose
    John Bose
    • Townsmanas Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jacques Tourneur
    • Writer
      • Daniel B. Ullman(story and screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter make him a perfect candidate for Marshal but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town. —Losman <losman@express-news.net>
    • wyatt earp character
    • reference to tombstone arizona
    • marshal
    • bat masterson
    • bank robber
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    • Plot summary
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    • Taglines
      • WYATT EARP LIVES HIS GREATEST ADVENTURES IN THE EARLY DAYS OF WICHITA...WHERE GUNS TALKED LOUDER THAN WORDS! (re-release print ad - all caps
    • Genre
      • Western
    • Certificate
      • Passed
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Sam Peckinpah played a bit part as a bank teller.
    • Goofs
      They have Wyatt Earp meeting Bat Masterson in Wichita for the first time and Bartholemew calls himself Bat when introducing himself. Bat started using his shortened name later in life and they actually met their first time in Dodge City Kansas not Wichita per Bat's own memoirs.
    • Quotes

      Clint Wallace: [a solitary figure on horseback appears in the distance] What do you make of him, Ben?

      Ben Thompson: Well, he's no Indian.

      Clint Wallace: Could be a scout for some rustlers. This country's full of 'em.

      Ben Thompson: He's headin' this way and he's not hidin'. He's probably some pilgrim looking for a free meal.

      Clint Wallace: He's welcome to that. We're not takin' any chances.

      Ben Thompson: Al, go out and check up on that rider.

      Al: How much checkin up you want?

      Ben Thompson: Make sure he's alone, that's all. If he has got a bunch behind him we'll know in plenty of time to be ready for him.

    • Connections
      Featured in The First Texan (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      Wichita
      Music by Hans J. Salter (as Hans Salter)

      Lyrics by Ned Washington

      Sung by Tex Ritter

    User reviews26

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Wyatt Earp cleans up wichita, kansas with young Bat Masteron's help
    jacques tourneur, of Cat People fame, might seem an unlikely candidate to helm an above average B+ western. But that was the case in 1955 with Wichita, about the early days of Wyatt Earp. Some liberties with the facts are taken, including the notion that Earp had never worn a badge before he arrived in the Texas cowtown. In fact, Earp was the marshal of Ellsworth, Kansas in 1875 and was wooed away by the larger Wichita - even as Dodge City would then talk him into moving there. Many incidents in this film actually took place in Ellsworth, as the two towns are 'collapsed' into one another. That aside, the film is fine - whether individual things we see happened in one town or the other, the point is that the savvy screenplay conveys a strong understanding of the politics in such a city, and with no simple good guys in white hats or badguys in black ones, we realize that Earp had more problem with greedy townspeople than with outlaws. Bat Masterson (whom he actually knew from buffalo hunting days) becomes a deputy though he really wants to be a newspaperman, and while that had not yet occurred to him, Bat would, after leaving the rest, become a famous sportwriter in New York. One terrific sequence involves the attempt of a corrupt businessman to hire a pair of gunmen to kill Wyatt, though they turn out to be two of his brothers, and this incident really did take place. Joel McCrea makes a sturdy Earp (he later played Bat in gunfight at dodge city), and Keith Larson is fine as the young Bat. Great title song, by the way, by Tex Ritter. As to the upper level of B westerns in the fifties, they really don't get much better than this.
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    • dougbrode
    • Mar 14, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 21, 1955 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vičita
    • Filming locations
      • Sonora, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Allied Artists Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,400,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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